- Date
- July 7, 1990, 10:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place
- Newburyport, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5208GCessna 305A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900707024909A
- Case key
- 36685
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot in command to follow procedures for landing with a banner still attached, contributing to the accident was the improper modification of banner release mechanism.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot flying a Cessna 305A was engaged in banner towing. The pilot could not release the banner and made a landing. During the landing roll, the airplane nosed over. The FAA said the owner had made an unauthorized modification to the hook release mechanism and the pilot failed to land on a hard surface as recommended in the approved supplemental flight manual for banner towing, when landing with a banner still attached.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5208G
- Reported as
- Cessna 305A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21936
- Airframe hours
- 8,722
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 213 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Visionaire
- Registered owner
- Vision Air Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1990
- Airport
- 2B2 · Plum Island
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 617 total · 99 in this make and model · 588 as pilot in command · 230 in the last 90 days · 64 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 12 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5208G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.